Title Resolve Issue #25: virtio: generalize io_barrier/platform_iommu
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I move that:
The TC agrees to resolve the following specification issue:
Issue #25: virtio: generalize io_barrier/platform_iommu
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it isn't always clear to everyone when should device set
platform_iommu and when io_barrier.
for example, some platforms need tricks like flushing cache
and this is in practice already covered by platform_iommu.
Let's rename platform_iommu to access_platform
and make it clear that with this flag which memory
can be accessed and at what address is platform specific,
without this flag device acts same as CPU.

On the other hand, io_barriers is a confusing name as it is not clear
which operations are meant by an barrier - it is not
really the io that is ordered. Rename it to order_platform.
barriers is just one possible implementation of a driver
used to order accesses.

See more motivation here:
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio/201811/msg00013.html
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The TC accepts the following proposed changes to the specification:
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https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio/201811/msg00013.html
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The TC agrees to include the above change(s) in specification version(s) "virtio-v1.1-cs01", and future versions of the
specification.

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Opening Date Tue, Nov 27 2018 1:15 am EST
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Referenced Items

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03276: Resolve Issue #25: virtio: generalize io_barrier/platform_iommu

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2018-12-04